rénoves

Rénoves is the second-person singular present indicative form of the French verb rénover, meaning to renovate or refurbish. It is used when addressing someone informally: Tu rénoves ta chambre ce week-end ? The verb rénover comes from Latin renovare, meaning to make new again, built from re- (again) and novare (to make new).

In modern French, rénover is treated as a regular -er verb for many tenses, but its stem shows variations in some forms, notably with the reappearance of the root rénouv- in the present tense of certain subjects. The form rénoves specifically follows the standard pattern for the second-person singular in the present tense.

Rénoves is not a noun; it is a verb form. It is pronounced with the standard French pronunciation of rénover, and it appears in contexts related to construction, interior design, architecture, or domestic projects when describing an action carried out by someone addressed as “you.” The word should not be confused with the adjective rénové (renovated) or with the noun rénovation (renovation).

See also: rénover, rénovation, rénovateur. In French-language usage, rénoves is primarily encountered in everyday speech and writing that discuss ongoing renovation work.